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Saturday, October 10, 2009

Baking powder: A raising agent used in baking that combines mild acid (usually cream of tartar) with mild alkali (such as bicarbonate of soda). When mixed with liquid the powder generates carbon-dioxide forming bubbles that cause a mixture to expand.

Availability

Can be bought in a packet or tin or buy a self-raising flour that already contains it.

Prepare it

Make it yourself by combining half a teaspoon of tartar and quarter of a teaspoon of bicarbonate of soda. This will make the equivalent of 1 teaspoon of baking powder.

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The Lebanese Recipes Kitchen is a food blog offers a range of healthy & home-style Lebanese recipes from savory to sweets. Lebanese cuisine includes an abundance of starches, whole grain, fruits, vegetables, fresh fish and seafood; animal fats are consumed sparingly. Poultry is eaten more often than red meat. When red meat is eaten it is usually lamb on the coast, and goat meat in the mountain regions. It also includes copious amounts of garlic and olive oil, often seasoned by lemon juice.